Bridget Phillipson Labour Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South

Growing up I was judged not for who I was or what I did, but the background I had.
That has to change and I am determined that under Labour it will change: we will shatter the class ceiling.
Speaking to The Times about growing up in Sunderland, going to university and my ambitions as Shadow Education Secretary.
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